TIG Leadership

Lizzet Rojas, M.A., MPA (She/her)

TIG Chair

Lizzet (lizrojas@g.ucla.edu) is serving as the GSNE TIG Chair for 2026 and previously served as TIG Co-Chair in 2025. She is a Ph.D. student in the Social Research Methodology Division in the School of Education & Information Systems at the University of California – Los Angeles. Her substantive interests lie in applying systems thinking, complexity science, and improvement science to her evaluation work to tackle complex educational problems and generate positive, equity-focused systems change in K-12 and postsecondary education. She follows a pragmatist view on the use of evaluation and research methodologies and advocates for building evaluative thinking and evaluation capacity in schools.

Randi Knox, M.S. (She/her)

Program Chair

Randi is an early-career evaluator working in internal and external capacities. She is pragmatist with a tendency towards mixed methods, applying a utilization-focused lens and blending elements of systems thinking, appreciative inquiry, and participatory evaluation throughout her work. She is constantly exploring the extensive menu of evaluation methods, contemplating evaluator experiences across the internal-external spectrum, and asking established evaluators about their professional development journeys. Randi is the GSNE Program Chair for the 2025-2027 term.

Naomi Stephens

TIG Co-Chair

To be added.

Nate Varnell

TIG Program Co-Chair

To be added.

Sonia Baron

Communications Chair

Sonia Baron is a Ph.D. student in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods at Claremont Graduate University. Her research focuses on strengthening evaluation systems through the thoughtful application of norms, standards, and principles across diverse social sectors. She contributes to multiple applied evaluation projects at the Claremont Evaluation Center.

                       
    Satyabrata Mohanty (He/him)

Member-at-Large

Satyabrata Mohanty is an agricultural extension scholar and evaluator with a PhD in Agricultural Extension Education from Visva Bharati, a UNESCO World Heritage University in India. His work sits at the intersection of evaluation, public investment, and extension advisory services, with a strong focus on agriculture, food systems, climate change and development outcomes. He has taught agricultural extension at the university level and has received national and international recognitions for his research. He brings a Global South perspective to evaluation practice, policy learning, and evidence informed decision making.